10 July A Day To Fight
10 July A Day To Fight
10 July A Day To Fight
uk
T
he 10 July could be a red letter day.
Tat day could see the launch of
the kind of ghtback we need to
defeat the Tory austerity.
Despite the talk of recovery Camerons
government and employers are still
putting the squeeze on wages, pensions
and jobs.
Huge cuts to local government funding
could see the end of many services unless
Labour councils nally make a stand.
At last some unions are saying enough
is enough. Local government workers
start balloting next week for strikes
against the miserly 1 percent government
pay oer.
If Unison, Unite and GMB members
vote to ght they could be joined by
teachers in the NUT.
Prepared
NUT members struck across England and
Wales back in March and voted for more
action at their unions Easter conference.
Tey are prepared to coordinate their
strikes with other unions.
Fireghters are taking action again
over attacks on pensions and could join
the ght on 10 July.
PCS members in the civil service
have their conference next week and will
debate joining the action too.
With the Peoples Assembly planning
a major union-backed protest in London
on 21 June, health workers moving to
strike this autumn against their 1 percent
pay oer and the TUC calling for a
major demo under the banner Britain
needs a pay rise in October this could be
the start of something big.
But remember weve been here before.
Back in November 2011 there were more
than 2.5 million on strike to defend
pensions. Most people believed more
united action would come to defeat the
Tory attacks.
But with Ed Miliband and Labour
opposing the strikes some union leaders
stepped back from the ght. None of us